Sustainable agriculture in the Blue Nile Basin: Land and watershed management practices in Ethiopia
The trade-off between short-term welfare and long-term agricultural development in the highlands of Ethiopia represents a challenge to successful economic development in a predominantly agriculture-based economy. We employ nearest neighbor and kernel-based matching techniques to measure the impact o...
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Cambridge University Press
2014
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| author | Schmidt, Emily Tadesse, Fanaye |
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| description | The trade-off between short-term welfare and long-term agricultural development in the highlands of Ethiopia represents a challenge to successful economic development in a predominantly agriculture-based economy. We employ nearest neighbor and kernel-based matching techniques to measure the impact of sustainable land and watershed management (SLWM) on the value of production at the plot level. Analysis suggests that plots that received SLWM investments (terraces, bunds, check dams) within the first study period (1992–2002) had a 24 per cent higher value of production in 2010. In addition, continuous treatment effects analysis provides a robustness check and suggests that plots with existing SLWM infrastructure have a positive and increasing value of production seven years after construction. Although value of production increases over time, net benefits may not outweigh costs, and mechanisms to incentivize maintenance may be needed. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1502512024-10-25T08:06:07Z Sustainable agriculture in the Blue Nile Basin: Land and watershed management practices in Ethiopia Schmidt, Emily Tadesse, Fanaye land management blue nile river watershed management sustainable agriculture The trade-off between short-term welfare and long-term agricultural development in the highlands of Ethiopia represents a challenge to successful economic development in a predominantly agriculture-based economy. We employ nearest neighbor and kernel-based matching techniques to measure the impact of sustainable land and watershed management (SLWM) on the value of production at the plot level. Analysis suggests that plots that received SLWM investments (terraces, bunds, check dams) within the first study period (1992–2002) had a 24 per cent higher value of production in 2010. In addition, continuous treatment effects analysis provides a robustness check and suggests that plots with existing SLWM infrastructure have a positive and increasing value of production seven years after construction. Although value of production increases over time, net benefits may not outweigh costs, and mechanisms to incentivize maintenance may be needed. 2014 2024-08-01T02:51:09Z 2024-08-01T02:51:09Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/150251 en Limited Access Cambridge University Press Schmidt, Emily; and Tadesse, Fanaye. 2014. Sustainable agriculture in the Blue Nile Basin: Land and watershed management practices in Ethiopia. Environment and Development Economics 19(5): 648-667. https://doi.org/10.1017/s1355770x13000570 |
| spellingShingle | land management blue nile river watershed management sustainable agriculture Schmidt, Emily Tadesse, Fanaye Sustainable agriculture in the Blue Nile Basin: Land and watershed management practices in Ethiopia |
| title | Sustainable agriculture in the Blue Nile Basin: Land and watershed management practices in Ethiopia |
| title_full | Sustainable agriculture in the Blue Nile Basin: Land and watershed management practices in Ethiopia |
| title_fullStr | Sustainable agriculture in the Blue Nile Basin: Land and watershed management practices in Ethiopia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Sustainable agriculture in the Blue Nile Basin: Land and watershed management practices in Ethiopia |
| title_short | Sustainable agriculture in the Blue Nile Basin: Land and watershed management practices in Ethiopia |
| title_sort | sustainable agriculture in the blue nile basin land and watershed management practices in ethiopia |
| topic | land management blue nile river watershed management sustainable agriculture |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/150251 |
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